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SquirrelMail Prefs Deleted
by John Hinton 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

FYI. I just had all of the squirrelmail prefs for all the users on one of my servers disappear. I have never had anything like this happen ever before. I'm in the process of finding the needle in the haystack of logs to try to get a handle on this. I'm sending this to the list as a heads up. Seems like Squirrelmail is not doing so good here over the last few months. John Hinton

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rpmforge
by rray_1＠comcast.net 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

I have not been able to connect to rpmforge for a couple of days Is it me or is there a problem with the repository Richard

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Sun Java on CentOS 5
by Joseph L. Casale 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

The wiki has a long procedure for installing Sun JDK 1.6 but not JRE. What's the benefit to installing the JDK this way (repackaging it)? Thanks! jlc

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process accounting - track PIDs
by nate 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Hello -- I've done some searching but haven't come up with much yet, I was wondering if there was a way to track PID creation and what command was assigned to a PID? I am trying to track down a locking issue with NFS/NLM where the client PID that initiates the unlock request is not the same PID that initiates the lock request. Even with running "ps auxww" in a "while true" loop I cannot seem to capture the PID it comes/goes too fast. I can see the PID right after the one specified, but not the one I want. I tried a couple things I found for the audit system: auditctl -a entry,always -S fork -S vfork -S clone auditctl -a entry,always -S brk -F 'a0=0' auditctl -a task,always auditctl -a exit,always And none of them were able to detect the PID that was created. Another way to approach this is perhaps NLM debugging on the linux client side but I haven't had any luck tracking down useful debugging info on the client side. I saw one post mentioning a kernel patch is needed and it may make it into RHEL 5.3, though this is 4.4, so maybe it is not possible. any ideas? thanks nate

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real SATA RAID
by Paolo Supino 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Hi Last week I had a lengthy thread in which someone indicated the my SIL card is a FRAID (don't know if F stands for the F word or Fake, though it doesn't really matter). I want to replace the controller with a controller that Linux will see the RAID1 group as a single HD and not multiple HDs as it happens with the SIL controller. Recommendations anyone? -- TIA Paolo

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CentOS promotion
by Michel Daggelinckx 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

I've been to FOSDEM this weekend and noticed the small number of CentOS people at the booth. The Ubuntu people work with Local Community Teams to support and promote the distro. I think it would be beneficial for CentOS to setup a similar structure. At the moment it's mostly sysadmins who introduce/sneak CentOS into businesses. Local Community Teams can setup a booth at computer fairs and other events. This way the general public (small businesses, non-profit organisations, schools, ....) are exposed to CentOS.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 48, Issue 4
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2009:0257 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2009:0256 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2009:0257-01: Critical CentOS 2 i386 seamonkey security update (John Newbigin) 4. CESA-2009:0269 Important CentOS 3 i386 gstreamer-plugins - security update (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2009:0269 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 gstreamer-plugins - security update (Tru Huynh) 6. CESA-2009:0270 Important CentOS 4 i386 gstreamer-plugins - security update (Tru Huynh) 7. CESA-2009:0270 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 gstreamer-plugins - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 19:00:34 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0257 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 seamonkey - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090205170034.GZ12358(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0257 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0257.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ia64: updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-35.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-35.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-35.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-35.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-35.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-35.el4.centos.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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Regd: Clarification on Linux Upgrade
by Balaji 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Dear All, Currently i have using CentOS4.4 and Kernel Version is 2.6.9-42.EL. I want to upgrade my Linux to Stable Version of Linux (CentOS4.7) Clarification required about Linux upgrade is 1. How do i upgrade my Linux and is their any document is available 2. Where can i download the upgrade Linux iso 3. Whether i can upgrade my Linux PC without any configuration data loss Example : http configuration, xinetd configuration, etc... Linux Degrade is possible or not Please can any help me Thanks in Advance. Regards -S.Balaji

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OFF Topic - Looking for web based file management application for law firm & clients
by Ed Morrison 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

Hi All: I am working with a law firm that would like to offer to it's clients the ability to access their documents through a web interface. This would require a nice gui to offer the clients with a simple process for the clients to download from. It would also need to be secure (authentication & SSL), and mandatory disclaimer acceptance before logging into their account. Anyone with experience or thoughts on this matter? Thanks, Ed

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AHCI support in CentOS 5.2?
by Marko Vojinovic 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

My friend has an external sata hard disk, and likes the hot-plug feature. However, that works only if the appropriate sata setting in the motherboard bios is set to AHCI (IDE compatibility and RAID are two other options, but hot-plugging doesn't work with them). The machine has WinXP atm, while Linux is about to be installed in the following couple of days. Now, on wikipedia I read that AHCI is supported starting from kernel 2.6.19 and later, while current CentOS 5.2 has 2.6.18. Is it possible to make AHCI work under 2.6.18 or should I install Fedora instead? Fedora will become obsolete in a year or so, and I will not be around to reinstall it again for him, so I would prefer a long-term solution (CentOS). But I need to be sure that it can be made to do all that fancy hot-plug-auto-mount-sata-ahci stuff without too much hassle. Oh, btw, I am talking about hot-plugging using the sata cable --- usb connection of course already works, but this is a hard disk and speed increase is highly nontrivial when using sata connection compared to usb. Any suggestions? Thanks! :-) Marko

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Consistent .bashrc, .bash_profile, and .aliases across all machines
by Sean Carolan 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

What do you use to keep your environment files like .bashrc, .bash_profile, etc. synchronized across all your servers?

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sound problem
by Paolo Supino 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

Hi I have CentOS 5.2 installed on a computer (the same one that I just posted a message on: Intel DG33BU motherboard) and for even though audio is reported to be found and working Linux just doesn't play anything through the speakers. The computer dual boots Linux/Windows and when in Windows sound works great, so it's strictly a Linux problem. Can anyone try and help me find out where the problem is and resolve it. -- TIA Paolo

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shell script
by Mad Unix 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

I have to run multiple command about 20x on linux each one got his own output, I want to bind all the out puts of them in one file then read this file and mail it to user account sample [root@imail pons]# /home/pons/tsmmonitor stgpool SDC-STAFF stgpool - utilization of storage pool SDC-STAFF 62%, OK [root@imail pons]# /home/pons/tsmmonitor stgpool ISO-BACKUP-POOL stgpool - utilization of storage pool ISO-BACKUP-POOL 41%, OK [root@imail pons]# /home/pons/tsmmonitor stgpool ORACLE-DUMP-POOL stgpool - utilization of storage pool ORACLE-DUMP-POOL 62%, OK [root@imail pons]# /home/pons/tsmmonitor stgpool ORACLE-DUMP-POOL stgpool - utilization of storage pool ORACLE-DUMP-POOL 62%, OK I want all these out puts be bind it in one file myfile: stgpool - utilization of storage pool SDC-STAFF 62%, OK stgpool - utilization of storage pool ISO-BACKUP-POOL 41%, OK stgpool - utilization of storage pool ORACLE-DUMP-POOL 62%, OK stgpool - utilization of storage pool ORACLE-DUMP-POOL 62%, OK then to read this file and send it to email address Thanks

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yum update fails
by Paolo Supino 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

Hi I have a system that I'm trying to run `yum update` on. It fails with the following error: Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Check Error: file /usr/share/man/man1/xdelta.1.gz from install of xdelta-1.1.4-1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package xdelta-1.1.3-20 file /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/psvn.el from install of subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 file /usr/share/man/man1/svn.1.gz from install of subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 file /usr/share/man/man1/svnadmin.1.gz from install of subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 file /usr/share/man/man1/svnlook.1.gz from install of subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 file /usr/share/man/man5/svnserve.conf.5.gz from install of subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 file /usr/share/man/man8/svnserve.8.gz from install of subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 file /usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/psvn.el from install of subversion-1.5.5-0.1.el5.rf conflicts with file from package subversion-1.4.2-2.el5 Error Summary ------------- How do I resolve this problem? -- TIA Paolo

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Will centos Team drop support for CSGFS 4??
by Aliet Santiesteban Sifontes 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

Hi all, I would like to ask if the centos team will drop support for the CSGFS version 4, it's been 3 months since csgfs does not sync updates with rh, but rh has posted all their updates to their cs gfs version 4 public available. If help is needed to rebuild this updates just let it know. Best regards

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Sound with headphones on: Streamaudio perfect but youtube and system-config-soundcard silent
by Lanny Marcus 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

This afternoon, I bought a pair of ear plugs (the large flat kind that hook onto my ears). Plugged them in to test and they work perfectly. I'm listening to streamaudio.com as I type this. However, when I tried to watch a youtube.com video (my wife exercise dancing) just silence. She had the same video on to test and the sound was fine on her box. Then, I tried system-config-soundcard and with the volume set at 100%, just silence. Does this have to do with lower voltages coming from youtube.com and system-config-soundcard or is there some other explanation and a cure? TIA....

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Tatil yanıtı
by ertozb＠hotmail.com 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 48, Issue 5
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2009:0256 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2009:0257 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2009:0269 Important CentOS 3 ia64 gstreamer-plugins - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2009:0270 Important CentOS 4 ia64 gstreamer-plugins - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2009:0269 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) gstreamer-plugins - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2009:0270 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) gstreamer-plugins - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:35:16 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0256 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) firefox - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090206173516.GB12358(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0256 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0256.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: s390: updates/s390/RPMS/firefox-3.0.6-1.el4.centos.s390.rpm updates/s390/RPMS/nss-3.12.2.0-3.el4.centos.s390.rpm updates/s390/RPMS/nss-devel-3.12.2.0-3.el4.centos.s390.rpm updates/s390/RPMS/nss-tools-3.12.2.0-3.el4.centos.s390.rpm s390x: updates/s390x/RPMS/firefox-3.0.6-1.el4.centos.s390x.rpm updates/s390x/RPMS/nss-3.12.2.0-3.el4.centos.s390x.rpm updates/s390x/RPMS/nss-devel-3.12.2.0-3.el4.centos.s390x.rpm updates/s390x/RPMS/nss-tools-3.12.2.0-3.el4.centos.s390x.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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Redirection in shell (was: squid HA failover?)
by Filipe Brandenburger 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

Hi, Regarding the last example creating the config files with several echos with redirection: On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 20:37, J Potter <jpotter-centos(a)codepuppy.com> wrote: > echo "node a.example.com" > /etc/ha.d/ha.cf > echo "node b.example.com" >> /etc/ha.d/ha.cf > echo "udpport 9000" >> /etc/ha.d/ha.cf > echo "bcast bond0" >> /etc/ha.d/ha.cf > echo "auto_failback off" >> /etc/ha.d/ha.cf > echo "logfile /var/log/ha-log" >> /etc/ha.d/ha.cf > echo "logfacility local0" >> /etc/ha.d/ha.cf I've seen this done too many times, and although this is the most "popular" way of doing it in shell script, it is certainly not the cleanest or the best. For one thing, it is inefficient in that it is opening the file for every command line. And the code is not easy to maintain, as if you change the filename you will have to change line by line. A better way to accomplish the same is: { echo "node a.example.com" echo "node b.example.com" echo "udpport 9000" echo "bcast bond0" echo "auto_failback off" echo "logfile /var/log/ha-log" echo "logfacility local0" } >/etc/ha.d/ha.cf And another way, using "here" documents is: cat <<EDQ >/etc/ha.d/ha.cf node a.example.com node b.example.com udpport 9000 bcast bond0 auto_failback off logfile /var/log/ha-log logfacility local0 EDQ This second one is not so clean in that it "embeds" the document inside the script, but it might be appropriate in some cases. HTH, Filipe

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squid HA failover?
by Les Mikesell 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

I'm running a pair of squids as an internal cache for some intermediate data used by a web server farm and currently doing failover by going through an F5 bigip. However, I'd like to avoid the bigip and use heartbeat since there are only two machines. I don't need to sync any content since it is a fast-changing cache and either machine can handle everything. Is it possible to add a floating IP with heartbeat and cut over to it slowly while also still using the existing IP's on that subnet? The documentation I've seen implies that it is bad to use the real IP's. If heartbeat can't do this, would it work to use vrrp? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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Deciphering top's data
by Jason Pyeron 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Why is my load stuck around 3? top - 01:19:55 up 146 days, 5:53, 2 users, load average: 3.00, 2.95, 2.52 Tasks: 121 total, 1 running, 120 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 0.3% sy, 0.0% ni, 99.7% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si Mem: 1928300k total, 1911640k used, 16660k free, 10760k buffers Swap: 2031608k total, 224k used, 2031384k free, 1561196k cached top - 01:20:22 up 146 days, 5:54, 2 users, load average: 3.06, 2.97, 2.54 Tasks: 121 total, 1 running, 120 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 0.2% sy, 0.0% ni, 99.8% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si Mem: 1928300k total, 1911192k used, 17108k free, 10816k buffers Swap: 2031608k total, 224k used, 2031384k free, 1561276k cached top - 01:21:14 up 146 days, 5:54, 2 users, load average: 3.02, 2.97, 2.56 Tasks: 121 total, 1 running, 120 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 0.0% sy, 0.0% ni, 100.0% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si Mem: 1928300k total, 1911448k used, 16852k free, 10912k buffers Swap: 2031608k total, 224k used, 2031384k free, 1561180k cached $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 75 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1800.178 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 bogomips : 3603.04 TLB size : 1088 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp [4] [5] processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 75 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1800.178 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 bogomips : 3603.04 TLB size : 1088 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp [4] [5] $ cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 1928300 kB MemFree: 17292 kB Buffers: 10984 kB Cached: 1561244 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 1254600 kB Inactive: 410104 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 1928300 kB LowFree: 17292 kB SwapTotal: 2031608 kB SwapFree: 2031384 kB Dirty: 96 kB Writeback: 0 kB Mapped: 1222324 kB Slab: 151796 kB CommitLimit: 2995756 kB Committed_AS: 568768 kB PageTables: 7200 kB VmallocTotal: 536870911 kB VmallocUsed: 264072 kB VmallocChunk: 536606367 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.

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Re: [CentOS] iptables: forwarding on internal device
by jgimer＠gmail.com 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

What does your input and output chains show? Josh ------Original Message------ From: Marcus Moeller Sender: centos-bounces(a)centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Sent: Feb 6, 2009 11:13 AM Subject: [CentOS] iptables: forwarding on internal device Good Evening, I am trying to forward packages on an internal device using iptables: /sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth0 -m state --state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT but the packages are still blocked, e.g.: Feb 6 20:58:28 firewall kernel: DROP-TCP IN=eth0 OUT=eth0 SRC=192.168.100.177 DST=172.28.2.184 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=127 ID=16609 PROTO=TCP SPT=7166 DPT=3590 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 ACK RST URGP=0 net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 is set, too. Best Regards Marcus _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

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CentOS 5.3
by kmadananteshwar.vbhat＠gmail.com 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Hey folks! Does any one have an idea as to when centOS 5.3 will be out and if so then I would like to hear from you coz I am waiting for it day and night coz I heard that the kernel of centos 5.3 will have inbuilt support for intel pro/wireless 3945 wifi card ( I have been trying to install the drivers desperately with no fruit ). And by the way does any body know how I can safely upgrade from centos 5.2 to 5.3 ( when it comes out that is ) without messing up the other partitions ( I have dual booted windows vista and centos 5.2 ) ( I use windows at office and I use centos at home ) and that too the method shouldn't cause any damage to the windows installation Yours KMB Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel

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Re: [CentOS] card reader issue
by David G. Miller 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Frank Cox <theatre(a)sasktel.net> wrote: > I have never done anything with a card reader before so I have no idea what I'm > doing here. > > I have a laptop with a card reader in it and when I put the card in I see this > in /var/log/messages: > > Feb 5 13:28:58 localhost pcscd: winscard.c:304:SCardConnect() Reader E-Gate 0 0 > Not Found > > This comes up many times in the log. I suspect that this means that I'm > missing some package that I should have installed, but what is it? > I went through something like what you're going through when I first put CentOS on my now somewhat old HP laptop. Do an "lspci -v" and find the entry for your card reader. Then check to see if it is supported by the kernel (look in /boot/config-<kernelVersion>). If it is, I don't have an answer for you. If it isn't, check to see if it's supported by the current kernel from kernel.org. If it still isn't, it's not going to work until someone implements support for that particular card reader. If it is, you have the option of building and running a custom kernel using the source from kernel.org. There are lots of how-tos on how to make this happen. That's what I did on my laptop until support for my card reader got into the RHEL/CentOS kernel. Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce

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update for 5.3
by Jerry Geis 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Hey its been over a week for updated 5.3 status... http://twitter.com/centos :) Not being silly, just got a couple motherboards sitting here collecting dust as 5.2 wont install on them. Hoping 5.3 will. with all the updated NIC drivers. By the way, KB, when I got married I had the understanding that I at least got a new computer every year! Got to set things straight from the beginning! Seriously, have a great wedding. Jerry

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Yum update conflicts perl-Math-BigInt
by Dan Carl 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

I followed the Wiki instructions for setting up *yum-priorities*. I added the rpmforge repo I installed clamd without a problem. Now when I go to update I get conflicts with perl-Math-BigInt. Is the only solution to uninstall the base version and then install the rpmforge version? According the the wiki "Packages from repositories with a lower priority will never be used to upgrade packages that were installed from a repository with a higher priority." If this true why the conflicts? please advise Thanks Dan

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Re: [CentOS] where is PD???
by mcclnx mcc 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

I don't know why ORACLE software complain. Server did have KSH. $ which ksh /bin/ksh $ rpm -qa|grep ksh ksh-20060214-1.7 --- 09/2/5 (星期四)，Paul Bijnens <Paul.Bijnens(a)xplanation.com> 寫道： > 寄件者: Paul Bijnens <Paul.Bijnens(a)xplanation.com> > 主旨: Re: [CentOS] where is PD??? > 收件者: mcclnx(a)yahoo.com.tw > 日期: 2009 2 5 星期四下午 12:24 > On 2009-02-05 17:52, mcclnx mcc wrote: > > I am installed ORACLE software and it say server did > NOT have PD: > > > > Checking for make... found - /usr/bin/make > > Checking for ld... found - /usr/bin/ld > > Checking for cc... found - /usr/bin/cc > > Checking for ar... found - /usr/bin/ar > > Checking for ksh... > > Unable to find PD KSH version. > > PD is the abbreviation of "Public Domain". > It is looking for "ksh", the "Public > Domain" ksh implementation. (Korn shell) > > > Unable to locate all utilities with system path. > > > > The server is CENTOS 5.1 with almost all software > installed. Can anone tell me: > > > > 1. where is PD? > > The question should be: "where is ksh" ? > And the answer is: To install in Centos 5 do: > > yum install ksh > > In CentOS 4, is was called "pdksh" > > > > > 2. If I really NOT installed, which RPM should I load? > > In CentOS 5: ksh-20060214-1.7 > > -- > Paul Bijnens, Xplanation Technology Services Tel > +32 16 397.525 > Interleuvenlaan 86, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax > +32 16 397.552 > *********************************************************************** > * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, > ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, * > * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, > /bye, ~., * > * stop, end, ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, > hangup, KJOB, * > * ^X^X, :D::D, kill -9 1, kill -1 $$, shutdown, init > 0, Alt-F4, * > * Alt-f-e, Ctrl-Alt-Del, Alt-SysRq-reisub, Stop-A, > AltGr-NumLock, ... * > * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew > ... I'm out * > *********************************************************************** ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 付費才容量無上限？Yahoo!奇摩電子信箱2.0免費給你，信件永遠不必刪！ http://tw.mg0.mail.yahoo.com/dc/landing

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Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
by Brent L. Bates 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Personally, I find this UPS exploding paranoia rather ridiculous. One person has one UPS burst into flames and everyone is yelling the sky is falling. We have no idea what conditions the UPS had been subjected to and to then jump to the conclusion that all UPS's are bombs waiting to explode is just insane. We've been using UPS's for years and years and the worst we've had are batteries that got swollen to the point we had to use a crowbar to get them out of the UPS. We then replaced the battery and had years more use out of the UPS. We've purchased used UPS's at government auctions, replaced the batteries, and had years of service out of them. All our UPS's are APC. We have and have used a wide range of sizes, from 250VA to 3000VA, Backup's to SmartUp's. I've used/tried other brands, but haven't been as satisfied with them. APC isn't perfect, they've made some stupid mistakes, but I've been more satisfied with them than the others we've tried. Brent L. Bates (UNIX Sys. Admin.) Phone:(757) 865-1400, x204 ViGYAN, Inc. FAX:(757) 865-8177 30 Research Drive Hampton, Virginia 23666-1325 Email: blbates(a)vigyan.com

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Security update missing - kernel-2.6.18-128.el5
by Milan Keršláger 06 Feb '09

06 Feb '09

Please, do not delay this "Important" multiple security update. See https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html for more info. This update is "5.3" kernel but has been released as security update too. RHN pushed this kernel one day ahead of rest of 5.3 packages (on my servers). RH maintains API and ABI (!) compatibility so there is no problem to use this kernel AFAIK. So please, do not delay it anymore, this contains multiple security vulnerabilities fixed since 2009-01-20. Thank you for your effort (a lot). M.K. -- Milan Keršláger http://www.pslib.cz/ke/ http://www.nti.tul.cz/wiki/Milan.Kerslager

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Discount Code for Southern California Linux Expo 7x
by Gareth J. Greenaway 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Greetings! The Southern California Linux Expo is fast approaching and will be taking place in Los Angeles, California in just over two weeks. We have lined up many really great speakers and exhibitors, as well as many other exciting things for the weekend. If there are any CentOS Users and/or Developers who might be interested in attending the show, we have created a special CNTOS promotional code. Using this code (CNTOS) will get you a 50% discount off a full access pass to the show. To purchase tickets or for more information about the show, please visit our web site at http://www.socallinuxexpo.org Thanks! Gareth J. Greenaway -- Gareth J. Greenaway | g(a)socallinuxexpo.org Voice - 877-831-2569 x130 Southern California Linux Expo http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

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Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
by Anne Wilson 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

On Tuesday 03 February 2009 08:51:32 Sorin Srbu wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On > > Behalf > > Of > > >John R Pierce > >Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:52 PM > >To: CentOS mailing list > >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed > > > >Sorin Srbu wrote: > >> I've been buying from the Smart-UPS and Back-UPS range. Those should be > >> ok, shouldn't they? > > > >SmartUPS, OK. BackUPS, cheap consumer junk. > > > >I've had to toss out dozens of various BackUPS units, mostly in the > >450-600VA range... They act like they have a dead/weak battery, so I > >replace the battery with a brand new one, and the unit is dead. They > >are typically 2-3 years old at this point, so hardly worth bothering with. > > The APC UPS we still have left is a smallish SmartUPS. I exchanged the > battery a couple of months ago. UPS still working fine as far as I can > tell. Guess you're right, I'll stay away from the BackUPS-range, if we ever > buy APC again. 8-/ > > Reason for getting BackUPS at all, was that I got more VA's for the buck. > The funding I had at the time was very low. Didn't pay off in the long run, > which I pointed out to my boss... ;-) Actually, I have one box attached to a BackUPS that is about 15 years old, and has never had a replacement battery. It holds the box through power variations, and can supply power for a couple of minutes - enough to allow a shutdown, since that box is never running unattended. I got it when we upgraded the company one - it was our (the company's) first, attached to the file-server, so replaced at a reasonable age. Anne

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card reader issue
by Frank Cox 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

I have never done anything with a card reader before so I have no idea what I'm doing here. I have a laptop with a card reader in it and when I put the card in I see this in /var/log/messages: Feb 5 13:28:58 localhost pcscd: winscard.c:304:SCardConnect() Reader E-Gate 0 0 Not Found This comes up many times in the log. I suspect that this means that I'm missing some package that I should have installed, but what is it? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com DRY CLEANER BUSINESS FOR SALE ~ http://www.canadadrycleanerforsale.com

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udev by-id symlinks randomly missing for tape drives on centos5
by Pasi Kärkkäinen 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Hello! I'm having problems with udev /dev/tape/by-id/ symlinks.. it seems symlinks to tape drives are sometimes (randomly) missing after reboot. Server in question has IBM TS3200 tape library connected with 2 drives in it.. so /proc/scsi/scsi shows 3 devices: 2 tape drives, and 1 medium changer (tape library). So I should have 3 symlinks in /dev/tape/by-id/ directory.. 2 symlinks to tape drives, and 1 symlink to mediumchanger/tapelibrary. Running 'udevtrigger' _sometimes_ creates the missing links, and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes if all the symlinks are there to begin with, and you run 'udevtrigger', some of the tape drive symlinks might get removed too.. The symlink for the mediumchanger seems to be there always though.. Has anyone seen this behaviour? How to fix it? Whenever I run 'cat /proc/scsi/scsi' I can see all of the devices listed there. IBM 'itdt' tape drive / tapelibrary diagnostic tool works OK too, and always shows all the devices. I don't have any errors in the dmesg/syslog, and the devices work OK if I use /dev/nst* (tape drives) or /dev/sg* (mediumchanger/tapelibrary) devicenames to access them. I'd like to be able to use /dev/tape/by-id/<foo> symlinks to make sure correct devices are accesssed. The server in question is running CentOS 5.2 x86_64 (with latest updates installed). Any thoughts? -- Pasi

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where is PD???
by mcclnx mcc 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

I am installed ORACLE software and it say server did NOT have PD: Checking for make... found - /usr/bin/make Checking for ld... found - /usr/bin/ld Checking for cc... found - /usr/bin/cc Checking for ar... found - /usr/bin/ar Checking for ksh... Unable to find PD KSH version. Unable to locate all utilities with system path. The server is CENTOS 5.1 with almost all software installed. Can anone tell me: 1. where is PD? 2. If I really NOT installed, which RPM should I load? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 付費才容量無上限？Yahoo!奇摩電子信箱2.0免費給你，信件永遠不必刪！ http://tw.mg0.mail.yahoo.com/dc/landing

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 48, Issue 3
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2009:0020 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) bind - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2009:0005 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) gnome-vfs2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2009:0020 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) bind - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2009:0005 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) gnome-vfs2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2009:0018 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) xterm - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2009:0018 Important CentOS 3 ia64 xterm - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2009:0004 Important CentOS 3 ia64 openssl - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2009:0010 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 squirrelmail - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2009:0004 Important CentOS 4 ia64 openssl - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 10. CESA-2009:0010 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 squirrelmail - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2009:0018 Important CentOS 4 ia64 xterm - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 12. CESA-2009:0010 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) squirrelmail - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 13. CESA-2009:0046 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) ntp - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 14. CESA-2009:0046 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 ntp - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 15. CESA-2009:0257 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 16. CESA-2009:0256 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 firefox - security update (Tru Huynh) 17. CESA-2009:0256 Critical CentOS 4 i386 firefox - security update (Tru Huynh) 18. CESA-2009:0256 Critical CentOS 5 i386 firefox - security update (Tru Huynh) 19. CESA-2009:0256 Critical CentOS 5 x86_64 firefox - security update (Tru Huynh) 20. CESA-2009:0257 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 seamonkey - security update (Tru Huynh) 21. CESA-2009:0257 Critical CentOS 4 i386 seamonkey - security update (Tru Huynh) 22. CESA-2009:0004 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) openssl - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 23. CESA-2009:0010 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) squirrelmail - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 24. CESA-2009:0257 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 25. CESA-2009:0018 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) xterm - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 26. CESA-2009:0004 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) openssl - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:52:20 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:0020 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) bind - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090204165220.GE12358(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0020 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0020.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: s390: updates/s390/RPMS/bind-9.2.4-23.el3.s390.rpm updates/s390/RPMS/bind-chroot-9.2.4-23.el3.s390.rpm updates/s390/RPMS/bind-devel-9.2.4-23.el3.s390.rpm updates/s390/RPMS/bind-libs-9.2.4-23.el3.s390.rpm updates/s390/RPMS/bind-utils-9.2.4-23.el3.s390.rpm s390x: updates/s390x/RPMS/bind-9.2.4-23.el3.s390x.rpm updates/s390x/RPMS/bind-chroot-9.2.4-23.el3.s390x.rpm updates/s390x/RPMS/bind-devel-9.2.4-23.el3.s390x.rpm updates/s390x/RPMS/bind-libs-9.2.4-23.el3.s390x.rpm updates/s390x/RPMS/bind-utils-9.2.4-23.el3.s390x.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
by Scott Silva 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

on 2-3-2009 11:57 PM Sorin Srbu spake the following: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of >> Scott Silva >> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:45 PM >> To: centos(a)centos.org >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed >> >> I just had a Back-UPS of about 1998 vintage burst into flames about 6 months >> ago. Luckily, someone was near it and grabbed a fire extinguisher. It was a >> Saturday, and if this person hadn't been in on overtime, who knows what would >> have happened. > > Geez... I have a UPS for my admin-workstation just under the desk on the floor > in front of me. Suddenly I feel a bit anxious about that... > Looking again at the incident report, I think the unit might have been even older. It was the older Back-ups with the white metal case instead of black. It could have been mid-90's. Before me no one kept track of a lot of that stuff. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!

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Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
by Scott Silva 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

on 2-4-2009 7:16 AM Sorin Srbu spake the following: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf > Of >> Toby Bluhm >> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:44 PM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed >> >> Oh, there's lots of bad stuff that can happen to your home . . . >> >> http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/01/eastlake_city_and_state.html > > UFO:s blew up their house? I hear they are quite common in the US. ;-) > > Or a meth lab. http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/35a796d8/567e04e7 -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!

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squid stops working several times a day
by Alexander Farber 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hello, I have a problem here with: [root@ablprx01 squid]# cat /etc/*release CentOS release 5.2 (Final) [root@ablprx01 squid]# rpm -qa|grep -i squid squid-2.6.STABLE6-5.el5_1.3 The web proxy process (used by 300-400 users) seems to run ok: [root@ablprx01 squid]# ps uawwwx|grep squid root 2304 0.0 0.0 7792 1268 ? Ss 08:45 0:00 squid -D squid 3082 27.7 0.9 46912 37068 ? R 10:21 32:18 (squid) -D squid 3083 0.0 0.0 1508 232 ? Ss 10:21 0:00 (unlinkd) [root@ablprx01 squid]# netstat -an|grep LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:8080 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3128 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN ......... but periodically it will stop working (web pages can't be displayed). The "service squid restart" command will display a lot of dots ..... but doesn't help and I have to reboot. I've checked /var/log/messages and also /var/log/squid/* but don't see any warning there. ifconfig doesn't report any errors: [root@ablprx01 squid]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:35:5B:39:AE inet addr:10.121.42.32 Bcast:10.121.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 inet6 addr: fe80::216:35ff:fe5b:39ae/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:989588 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1150056 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:590019020 (562.6 MiB) TX bytes:639895003 (610.2 MiB) Interrupt:185 and the disk space is plenty. Has anybody had a similar problem and how would you debug it please? Thank you for any hints Alex PS: Below my config file: [root@ablprx01 squid]# grep -v ^# /etc/squid/squid.conf | grep -v ^$ http_port 3128 http_port 8080 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? cache deny QUERY acl apache rep_header Server ^Apache broken_vary_encoding allow apache cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 40000 16 256 access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid dns_defnames on refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports acl our_networks src 10.121.0.0/16 172.25.0.0/16 10.122.1.0/24 http_access allow our_networks http_access allow localhost http_access deny all http_reply_access allow all icp_access allow all cache_mgr it(a)XXXXXX.com coredump_dir /var/spool/squid

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 48, Issue 2
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2008:0973 Important CentOS 3 ia64 kernel - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2008:0973 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) kernel - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2008:1037 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2008:1037 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2009:0020 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 bind - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2009:0005 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 gnome-vfs2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2009:0020 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 bind - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2009:0005 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 gnome-vfs2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2009:0020 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 bind - security update (Tru Huynh) 10. CESA-2009:0020 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 bind - security update (Tru Huynh) 11. CESA-2009:0257 Critical CentOS 3 i386 seamonkey - security update (Tru Huynh) 12. CESA-2009:0257 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 seamonkey - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 16:55:50 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0973 Important CentOS 3 ia64 kernel - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090204145550.GH13827(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0973 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ia64: updates/ia64/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21-58.EL.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.4.21-58.EL.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.21-58.EL.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-58.EL.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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Missing latest kmod-xfs and kmod-drbd82?
by Alan Sparks 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Since December there have been several kernel updates to the centosplus repository for centos4... but no updates to kmod-xfs or kmod-drbd82. Latest kernel is 2.6.9-78.0.13.plus.c4, but latest kmod-xfs is 2.6.9_78.0.5.plus.c4. Latest drbd82 kmod is also for 78.0.5. I know there was a mention on the list that these modules are not kernel dependent anymore... but yum and rpm seem to indicate otherwise, and trying to install kmod-xfs-smp or update kmod-drbd82-smp on my servers is not possible. $ rpm -qRp kmod-xfs-smp-0.4-1.el4.2.6.9_78.0.5.plus.c4.x86_64.rpm /bin/sh /bin/sh /sbin/depmod /sbin/depmod kernel-smp-x86_64 = 2.6.9-78.0.5.plus.c4 rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 rpmlib(VersionedDependencies) <= 3.0.3-1 Above, the last available version of the module shows a dependency on the 78.0.5 kernel. These modules will of course also install in the wrong /lib/modules/ location. I've over the last two months opened tickets on bugs.centos.org on the issue (tickets 3360, 3316, 3291). However, these tickets are still new and have had no comments. Anyone have any advice on dealing with the missing RPMs or the dependency issue? Thanks in advance. -Alan

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Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
by Rainer Duffner 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Sorin Srbu schrieb: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of >> Scott Silva >> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:45 PM >> To: centos(a)centos.org >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed >> >> I just had a Back-UPS of about 1998 vintage burst into flames about 6 months >> ago. Luckily, someone was near it and grabbed a fire extinguisher. It was a >> Saturday, and if this person hadn't been in on overtime, who knows what would >> have happened. >> > > Geez... I have a UPS for my admin-workstation just under the desk on the floor > in front of me. Suddenly I feel a bit anxious about that... There's a reason I don't like running anything beyond my ALIX-router 24x7 at home (while I'm away). And it's not the power-bill. IMO, UPSs don't really belong in the living-room. Doesn't really matter if they are old or new. Imagine returning home from work, only to find only the smoldering remainders of what was your house in the morning... Rainer

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kickstart won't kick-off via network
by Isaac Hailperin 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hello list, I try to do an automated network installation of centos 5.2, following the redat documentation at http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/… However, when installing I get promptet for various things, like which network interface I would like to use for installation, or the location of the install medium. But thats not what I wanted, I want to start the boot process, and then leave the box untill it is installed. What I did: First a manual install form DVD. I then used the kickstart file /root/anaconda-ks.cfg for a network installation. I changed the install line from cdrom to url: install url --url http://9.0.0.1/all/repository/CentOS5.2 This url contains the whole DVD (and can be viewed in a webbrowser). Then I generated the following entry in my pxe control file (default): LABEL centos5.2_cluto_cnode MENU LABEL CentOS 5.2 cluto ^node kernel distro/centos5.2/vmlinuz append initrd=distro/centos5.2/initrd.img ramdisk_size=7494 ks=http://9.0.0.1/all/profiles/cluto_centos5.2/cnode/ks.cfg This is part of a boot menue, therefor the MENU entry. The url of the kickstart file is also valid, I can wget it. Now since I get asked all these questions at boot time, I suspect that the kickstart file is not there to answer these questions. I would be greatful for any suggestions on how to further debug or solve this. Isaac _____________________________________________________________________ Vorstand: Ertu Uysal, Axel Queck Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Bernhard Bruscha Sitz der Gesellschaft: Tuebingen Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 381299 Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.

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Re: [CentOS] kickstart won't kick-off via network
by Isaac Hailperin 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

> Especially since FDD aren't that common anymore... I'll see if I can't adapt > my SOP:s to boot and install from network. The set up is actually not too complicated. I really recommend it, you just plug in the computer and let it install. There are various variants, you can either define what will be installed by naming the pxe controll file according to the mac address, or you can make a default boot menue. Boot menues are described here: http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX#Custom_Menu_Example_with_… good luck, Isaac _____________________________________________________________________ Vorstand: Ertu Uysal, Axel Queck Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Bernhard Bruscha Sitz der Gesellschaft: Tuebingen Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 381299 Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.

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Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
by Les Mikesell 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Sorin Srbu wrote: > > The voltage has been fairly constant here over the years since I started using > UPS and logging the voltage and stuff, 238V more or less constantly. It rarely > drops below 236V or over 240V. We mainly use the UPS:es to have controlled > shutdowns should the power fail entirely - We had some issues a few years back > while they built a new school the other side of the road when the power went > up and down for a uyear or so, and the diesel-generators didn't start up as > expected. This whole building where I work is supposed to be a wartime > hospital with power-backups up to yinyang. But it failed when we needed > them... #=;-( It's a tough thing to get right. I've been involved with several systems and they all failed a time or two in initial testing even after everyone thought they should work. And then things break after that... > > It might be that the power is too high, although the standard is 240V in > Europe AFAIK. Or the UPS-units *may* have been rated for the previous lower > voltage-level at 220V, but that sounds a bit farfetched IMO. Unless the units > were a (very much) older batch that APC dumped on us... Another issue can be that you aren't backing up the air conditioner power, so when the grid goes down your still-running equipment overheats, damaging the electronics. This is particularly likely if your servers are racked densely in a small space. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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Re: [CentOS] kickstart won't kick-off via network
by Isaac Hailperin 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

> >Now since I get asked all these questions at boot time, I suspect that > >the kickstart file is not there to answer these questions. > > It does use it, it just doesn't find the network-block in ks.cfg. Does your > ks.cfg contain some lines for the networking? Yes: # Kickstart file automatically generated by anaconda. install url --url http://9.0.0.1/all/repository/CentOS5.2 [...] network --device eth0 --bootproto dhcp --hostname node1.cluster network --device eth1 --bootproto dhcp --hostname node1.cluster [...] > You didn't modify the ks.cfg you > mention above, did you? Yes, I modified the part after install. It used to be "cdrom". > You can open the ks.cfg you already have and then tweak with the wizard. I opened the ks.cfg with system-config-kickstart. I configured it to install from network. It produced the following: #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T # System authorization information auth --useshadow --enablemd5 # System bootloader configuration bootloader --append="rhgb quiet" --location=mbr --driveorder=sda # Partition clearing information clearpart --linux --drives=sda # Use graphical install graphical # Firewall configuration firewall --disabled # Run the Setup Agent on first boot firstboot --disable # System keyboard keyboard us # System language lang en_US # Installation logging level logging --level=info # Use network installation url --url=http://9.0.0.1/all/repository/CentOS5.2 # Network information network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 --onboot=on network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth1 --onboot=on #Root password rootpw --iscrypted $xxx # SELinux configuration selinux --disabled # System timezone timezone --isUtc America/New_York # Install OS instead of upgrade install # X Window System configuration information xconfig --defaultdesktop=GNOME --depth=8 --resolution=640x480 --startxonboot # Disk partitioning information part / --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="ext3" --size=25000 part swap --bytes-per-inode=4096 --size=8000 part /home --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="ext3" --grow --size=100 %packages @base-x Now in conjunction with the kernel parameter ksdevice=eth1 (thank you Kai!) this works like a charm. I seems that I misunderstood the use of "install" and "url". - Comming form SLES and autoyast I thought I should avoid the gui, but kickstart seems to do better here - Thank you! Isaac _____________________________________________________________________ Vorstand: Ertu Uysal, Axel Queck Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Bernhard Bruscha Sitz der Gesellschaft: Tuebingen Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 381299 Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.

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RHEL -> CentOS
by John R Pierce 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

I have a system that was originally installed with RHEL 3 x86_64, and I've since 'updated' it to CentOS 3 via installing yum and centos-release, then running a yum update. is there any way I can force -all- installed packages to be replaced with their centos analogs just to be sure its all consistent?

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/etc/X11/xorg.conf question
by Lanny Marcus 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

If I use "system-config-display" or "system-config-display --reconfig" although I get a message that I need to log out of GNOME, to have the new file written, for new Display Resolution, logging out or restarting the box does not result in the new settings for the Display taking hold. Sometimes, the number of colors is updated, but *never* the Resolution. Below is my xorg.conf file. What do I need to include in xorg.conf for the resolution to be 1280 x 1024 instead of the current 1600 x 1200? Display is a Dell M991 and the Video Card is shown as Nvidia NV11 (GeForce2 MX/MX400). CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) fully updated. TIA! # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1152x768" "1024x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "800x600" "640x480" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection

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Re: [CentOS] Internet problem
by fabian dacunha 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Dear All, I have a Centos 5.2 server used as a squid proxy server for quite sometime and was workin fine after a power failure the system refused to boot i jus see the grub boot load screen n then hangs so using the space bar n with the arrow keys i selected my earlier kernel and it booted fine i think that the latest kernel file i have that isvmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.17.el5xen is corrupted. how could i restore it back will yum upgrade solve the problem appreciate ur help regards fabian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Port Forwarding
by Thom Paine 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

I'm having trouble getting port forwarding working on my one box. I have 2 incoming internet connections. I have 2 servers on these connections. pubinternet privinternet eth0:x.x.x.x eth0:y.y.y.y eth1:10.10.10.1 eth1:10.10.10.4 I need to be able to port forward traffic from y.y.y.y to the box on 10.10.10.1. I have my firewall configured (I use gshield) but 10.10.10.1 does not seem to answer when I try and test. I use gshield all the time for other servers with only 1 connection, and it works awesome. I can't seem to get it to forward traffic from y.y.y.y to 10.10.10.1. 10.10.10.1 and 10.10.10.4 are connected together with a switch, and I am able to telnet to 10.10.10.1 from 10.10.10.4 on port 25. Is there some step with networking that I am missing in getting this to work? Thanks. -- -=/>Thom

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Intel DG33BU motherboard
by Paolo Supino 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi I've installed CentOS 5.2 (i386) in a computer with a DG33BU motherboard ... When I installed it it crashed because of ACPI issues. Searching Google I found that I need to turn ACPI off in order to successfully install CentOS, which I did. After a while I noticed that because of ACPI is off the Linux kernel finds, initializes and uses only 1 CPU core in the Q6600 quad core CPU that is installed in this computer :-( How can I force it to find, initialize and use all the 4 cores in the computer even if ACPI is off? -- TIA Paolo

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